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Audi A7 - 2014

110.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi A7, model year 2014. Sample size: 2,325 cars, 5,339 tests and 5,912 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 2,325 cars

The 2014 Audi A7 shows a significantly lower overall defect rate, with 111 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the yearly average of 194, marking a 43% improvement. Notably, the model excels in categories such as brakes, steering, and lights and electrics, where it performs much better than the average car. However, as mileage increases, defects in the A7 rise more sharply than average, particularly in the 31,000 to 62,000-mile range. Despite a slight increase in the defect rate with higher mileage, the A7 remains a reliable option overall.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 2,325 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 54.5% better
42.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 94.1% better
0.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • EPS MIL indicating a system malfunction
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Excessive roughness in operation of steering
Visibility
▲ 18.6% better
14.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 79.5% better
8.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Headlamp levelling device inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 27.5% better
144.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 69.2% better
4.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 73.3% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • Audible warning:
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 60.5% better
6.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 359 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,528
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 772
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 394
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 371
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 339
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 213
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 196
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 191
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 170
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 123

Serious faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 213
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 107
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 89
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 52
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 45
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 42
Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 25
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 22